Hi Robert. The next time I see that add I am going to take down the details and I am going send a formal written complaint about it.

Whether it makes a difference or not I have to say my piece. I hate the way people are being brainwashed and desensitized.

Its not in a womans or mans best interest to promote any kind of violence against the opposite sex as okay. There were so many other ways she could have reacted and still have had the required result and effect.

Help Is Available For Abused Men

by Ramonica R. Jones
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=3547876&nav=2FH5bhIt

Lufkin police are still investigating a horrific case of abuse that left two teenage girls beaten, bruised, and malnourished.

What's even more shocking is the girls' father apparently knew about the abuse but never reported it...

Last year, 31 men in Texas were killed by abusive women. For more information, call the Women's Shelter of East Texas at 1-800-828-7233.

GIRL, 11, HELD IN GUN SIEGE

04jul05

http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15808973%255E3102,00.html

A MAN will face court today accused of forcing his way into a Brisbane house and holding his 11-year-old stepdaughter hostage for over 21 hours...

Yes Garra, we know men are capable of it.

To balance the blinkered gender views, here are a couple of recent examples of what women are capable of. Needless to say, if Family Law matters were allowed greater public scrutiny, if men were to attain gender equality in our justice system in general, our society would be a better and safer place for all of us.

Body in boot case woman jailed - http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/07/01/1119724789159.html
A woman who has been jailed for the attempted murder of her lover's wife will not face a murder charge when the victim dies, crown prosecutors say.

Woman jailed for sexual abuse - http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/06/28/1119724627716.html
Judge Barnett said the crimes appeared to have been an expression of anger, rather than sexual perversion.

Secret of sexual abuse fuels John Irving - http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/06/29/1119724689547.html
Award-winning US writer John Irving's new novel deals, in part, with a secret he has harboured for many years - his sexual abuse at the hands of an older woman when he was just 11 years old. "I was very fond of this woman," he said. "I felt she loved me."

My main point of my previous post was to indicate that some overseas shelters had acknowledged female abuse and committed services to helping men and their children. This surprises me because of horrific stories of male abuse victims being turned away from shelters, and of male-hating cultures within.

I'm not interested in comparing male versus female sins - abuse by either gender is traumatic. Most contributors to this debate agree on this.

But also, this type of comparison perpetuates the over indulged victim / perpetrator paradigm. Whereas social researchers and psychologist understand that over 50% of DV is generated by co-dependant partners - in other words they fuel each others anger to satisfy their mutual addiction.

The other -50% that involves a significant perpetrator is relatively gender balanced.

Still no references provided to any studies which support the idea that men do the overwhelming majority of DV and or substantiated child abuse which also show clear signs of attempting to remove bias in the data collection and results analysis.

Why am I not surprised?

R0bert